Weekend work

Yesterday, I spent a few hours in the "cottage" garden.  Things had gotten a bit out of control, in the sense of there being a lot of dead flowers on the plants that had gone to seed and also a few entire plants that had died.  In addition, a lot of grass and other weeds were growing around and among the flowers.  I didn't get everything done, but I made some progress.

Okra flowers and mystery nightshade

Here's a shot I got last week of our okra plants.  I like the flowers so much that I'm planning on moving the okra to my "cottage" flower garden next year.  Behind the okra, you can also see a wild nightshade of some sort that I've allowed to grow.  It's gotten quite large.  The berries were green at first, but are turning black.  I need to do some research to see if it's edible, or if it's deadly.

Veggie lasagna...

...including zucchini, carrots, mustard greens, garlic, basil and oregano from the garden!

First significant harvest

These fruits were waiting when we got back from vacation last week.  The zucchini were great with sauteed onions, cumin and feta cheese.  The tomatoes went well with some mustard greens in a salad and the okra was joined by many more sauteed with onions, garlic, tomatoes, oregano and basil.

First fruit

The summer vegetable harvest has begun!

Calendula

The third type of flower in the "cottage" garden has bloomed.

Beautiful harvest

Cosmos and bachelor's buttons from the "cottage" garden and lavender and bee balm from the herb garden.